Welcome to Caregiver Friday! We’ve all heard the phrase “care for the caregiver”. I guess it could become a never ending chain of care since once someone steps in to “care for the caregiver” they themselves become a caregiver. It’s clear that when providing care for someone and making lots of decisions you have to [...]
Archive for February, 2009
When Things Fall Apart
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, responsibility and caregiving, spiritual stamina on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When No One is Watching
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "Survivor", "The Real World", Big brother, Cheri Huber, coaching illness, illness coaching, patient empowerment, reality tv, spiritual wellness, Transparency and spirit on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you were to do an assessment of your life how accurate do you believe you would be? Are there things you do in the privacy of your own home or in your office that you don’t share with the rest of the world? Do you keep things secret so you won’t be judged? These [...]
Magic of Meditation
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Benedictine Monks, Clair McPherson, coaching illness, holistic health, illness coaching, meditation, patient empowerment, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health, The Cloisters on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How do we meditate in a world as chaotic as ours? Maybe the real question is how can we not meditate in a world as crazy as ours. One of the interesting things about meditation is that it’s not religion specific, in fact it’s not even religious unless you want it to be. If you’re [...]
The Relationship Super Highway
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, friends, illness and friendship, illness coaching, patient empowerment, relationships and healing on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our lives are both complicated and enriched by our relationships. They can boost us up as easily as tear us down. I’m in Chicago for the week and on the radio on my way to the airport the DJ’s were talking about “frenemies”. It’s hard to understand how someone can be both a friend and [...]
The Stimulus Package
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, patient-caregiver relationship, responsibility and caregiving, Stimulus package on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday! All we hear on the news is about the stimulus package. I guess that’s a good thing since every day more and more corporations are announcing layoffs leaving the American public dazed and confused. The Congress is debating all the options looking for what each party feels is the best solution. [...]
What if there were health critics?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged award shows, coaching illness, holistic health, honesty and health, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, self-empowerment on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The beginning of the year brings lots of award shows. So far we’ve had the “People’s Choice Awards”, “The Screen Actor’s Guild Awards”, “The Golden Globes” and this weekend we have “The Grammy Awards”. Before any of the actors, musicians and other artists are nominated there are critics reviewing their projects. Entertainment Weekly has critics [...]
Two Mouths…One Body
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, holistic health, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, spiritual wellness on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we recover from two years of campaigning, the election of a new President, and a new administration finding its land legs we begin to focus on what’s being said. Our goal is to decipher the information presented by the press and other outlets and the try to find the truth in that message. Now [...]
Lessons from the Superbowl
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Ben Roethlisberger, coaching illness, illness coaching, Kurt Warner, patient empowerment, Superbowl, surviving strong on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe that it’s February already and even more amazing that the official football season has come to a close. If you watched the game you know how the last few minutes of the game had everyone on the edge of their seats. If you didn’t watch the game you’re hearing it on [...]
